2026 Joshua Lederberg: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	72	6162	2898	337	25225

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
2002 - David Rall Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1997 - Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
1995 - ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award For pathbreaking contributions to the application of computer science research in chemistry and biology; and for leadership in building a computer-networked community of workers in these areas.
1994 - ACM Fellow
1989 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his work in bacterial genetics and immune cell single type antibody production; for his seminal research in artificial intelligence in biochemistry and medicine; and for his extensive advisory role in government, industry and international organizations that address themselves to the societal role of science.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1971 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1958 - Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria
1957 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Joshua Lederberg was affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research record included a publication titled Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon published in 2020 in Social research.

The publication venues where they frequently published included:

Social research

The recent paper authored by Joshua Lederberg is listed as:

Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon, 2020, Social research

Throughout their career, Joshua Lederberg was recognized with several awards, including:

Nobel Prize, 1958, for discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1957
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1971
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1982
US President's National Medal of Science, 1989, for work in bacterial genetics, immune cell single type antibody production, seminal research in artificial intelligence in biochemistry and medicine, and advisory roles in government and industry
ACM Fellow, 1994
ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award, 1995, for contributions to computer science applications in chemistry and biology and leadership in building a computer-networked research community
Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, 1997
David Rall Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2002
Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States, 2006

Best Publications

REPLICA PLATING AND INDIRECT SELECTION OF BACTERIAL MUTANTS

Joshua Lederberg;Esther M. Lederberg

1876
Citations
Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States

Joshua Lederberg;Robert E Shope;Stanley C Oaks

1171
Citations
GENETIC EXCHANGE IN SALMONELLA

Norton D. Zinder;Joshua Lederberg

1134
Citations
Genes and Antibodies

Joshua Lederberg

932
Citations
`Ome Sweet `Omics--A Genealogical Treasury of Words

Joshua Lederberg;Alexa T. Mccray

842
Citations
Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Organic Chemistry: The DENDRAL Project

Robert K. Lindsay;Bruce G. Buchanan;E. A. Feigenbaum;Joshua Lederberg

787
Citations
Gene Recombination in Escherichia coli

Joshua Lederberg;Edward L. Tatum

747
Citations
Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response

Mark S. Smolinski;Margaret A. Hamburg;Joshua Lederberg

720
Citations
The beta-d-galactosidase of Escherichia coli, strain K-12.

Joshua Lederberg

521
Citations
Cell Genetics and Hereditary Symbiosis

Joshua Lederberg

459
Citations
On generality and problem solving: a case study using the DENDRAL program

Edward A. Feigenbaum;Bruce G. Buchanan;Joshua Lederberg

450
Citations
Bacterial Protoplasts Induced by Penicillin

Joshua Lederberg

441
Citations
A cell-membrane bound fraction of bacterial DNA

A.T. Ganesan;Joshua Lederberg

405
Citations
Sex Compatibility in Escherichia Coli.

Joshua Lederberg;Luigi L. Cavalli;Esther M. Lederberg

402
Citations
Gene Recombination in the Bacterium Escherichia coli.

Edward L. Tatum;Joshua Lederberg

389
Citations
Genetic Studies of Lysogenicity in Escherichia Coli.

Esther M. Lederberg;Joshua Lederberg

367
Citations
Antibody Production by Single Cells

G. J. V. Nossal;Joshua Lederberg

365
Citations
Isolation and Characterization of Biochemical Mutants of Bacteria

Joshua Lederberg

347
Citations
Concentration of biochemical mutants of bacteria with penicillin.

Joshua Lederberg;Norton Zinder

342
Citations
Gene Recombination and Linked Segregations in Escherichia Coli.

Joshua Lederberg

338
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward A. Feigenbaum Stanford University

Bruce G. Buchanan University of Pittsburgh

Carl Djerassi Stanford University

John J. McCarthy University of California, Irvine

Robert K. Merton Columbia University

Norton D. Zinder Rockefeller University

Alexander Rich MIT

Edward L. Tatum Rockefeller University

Harold Masursky United States Geological Survey

Conway B. Leovy University of Washington

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